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Distilia Long Pond Jamaican Rum (Horses) 1983
Sipped slowly and given air, this 38-year Long Pond opens gentle: ripe mango, pineapple and banana, soft esters, a little marzipan. Then the palate surprises with smoke, roasted meat and dry tobacco, plus allspice heat, all held in check. The finish runs very long. Softer and more elegant than a Hampden funk-bomb, with an earthy, almost peaty edge several tasters flagged.
The community says- Ripe tropical fruit
- Long smoky finish
- Elegant, controlled esters
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How does Distilia Long Pond Jamaican Rum (Horses) 1983 taste?
Aggregated from 20 community reviews.
Old Long Pond: ripe fruit, smoke, tobacco Nearly everyone rates it a great old Long Pond: gentle tropical esters up front, a surprising smoky-tobacco palate, endless finish. A couple wondered about odd cask/whisky influence, but most call it superb.
Experienced drinkers into old, refined Jamaican pot-still rum
Anyone wanting loud Hampden funk or an everyday bottle
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0% rate it between 6 and 8. 15 selected write-ups from 20 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Skyfly
At this price, it should offer something, and it does! From nose to finish, tropical and dried fruits harmonize excellently with each other. The cask is perfectly integrated so that wood is noticeable, but only very subtly. The wood is accompanied by spices, allspice, nuts and a little chocolate; in varying degrees from nose to finish. The sweetness is provided by a pleasant caramel note, which tastes like crème brulee on the palate. Great cinema!
Review by TheJona'Spirits
👃 A nose dominated above all by sweet esters magnified by time. The deliciousness of honeycomb, vanilla pastry cream, flambéed and candied pineapple brioche, crystallized honey. Then, aromas escape from a basket of tropical fruits dominated by Victoria pineapple, ripe banana, mango, and papaya. Subtly spicy and vanilla woodiness, hardwood furniture polish, varnish & light solvents, dry tobacco smoke, and dusty furniture. Balance, finesse, and elegance characterize this nose. 😋 Esters, of course, sweet but sufficiently funky. Tropical fruits cut into small cubes, caramelized with butter in a pan. Flavors as creamy as ever, with roasted almond pastries. Mild spices on exotic peppers, a little Espelette pepper, pink peppercorns, dried vanilla, candle wax. Then, the finish becomes herbaceous, almost peaty, with meaty notes, dried and salted meat, very dry tobacco. A complex, evolving palate with a surprising finish. ⛳ Long, warm, comforting, pleasantly drying. Dried pineapple, a hint of candied sugar cane, spices, long tobacco leaves, a touch of saddle leather. 🏆 A very old Jamaican rum, sublime from start to finish. Elegance, great complexity, a subtle blend of controlled sweet esters, candied rather than overripe fruit, delicacies and slightly peaty and meaty notes that add even more depth. It's a shame the price is so high.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#6149 28.12.2025 Last online tasting if the year with the guys. It's been a great year, probably one if the craziest one's ever 🥰 Met many new run friends both online and in person, travelled a lot Germany, Belgium, France and Sweden. Next year should be a bit more tranquil I hope, because I have a ton of samples 🙃 Nose Fresh, medium intense, light wood, fruity, overripe, banana, light marzipan, earthy, light herbs. Palate Oily, wood, fruity, overripe, cinnamon, medium spicy, light marzipan, light nutts, faint tannins. Finish Very long and warm, wood, faint tannins, medium dry, fruity, light citrus, banana. Empty glass Citrus, light chocolate, faint caramel, light nutts, cinnamon.
Review by Johannes
Fruchtiger Beginn mit leichten Estern von Hampden und einer Würzigkeit von Long Pond, etwas dünn, aber rund, im Verlauf mehr Marzipan, im Abgang leichte torfige/rauchige Noten. Erinnert mich etwas an den Long Pond 1941 mit weniger Kräutern. Großartig!
Review by Julien Ries
Le nez apporte des esters assez doux, avec un jus de fruits exotiques bien mûrs (mangue, passion, ananas) mais pas pourris ou fermentés comme on pourrait retrouver dans des Jamaicains plus funky. Le boisé est présent mais étonnamment, il ne marque pas trop le jus malgré son grand âge. Quelques épices douces passent pas là (poivre de Sichuan). La bouche met une claque par son côté extrêmement fumé, de viande rôtie en boucané. C'est très surprenant comparé au nez. Le tabac bien séché envahit les papilles aussi, avec pas mal de piquant (piment de Jamaïque). Toutefois, le tout est maîtrisé, contrôlé, moins foufou qu'un Hampden. La finale, interminable, apporte le réconfort de l'ananas, du rôti et du tabac, mais sans hanter le palais au point de l'écoeurement comme ça peut arriver chez les rhums à hauts esters.
Review by Leo Krüper
The rum is relatively shallow for its age. The alcohol is well integrated with a slight sweetness. There is a hint of spiciness at the back. Could be a strange cask with whisky influences. Or the rum is somewhat overblended. The price is abnormal, but understandable given the age.
Review by Jakob
Long Pond 1983, die dritte - faszinierend, was Distilia hier für Schätze ausgegraben hat. Das „Horses“-Release wurde am selben Tag wie das Bottling für die Pirates-Serie abgefüllt; entsprechend ist der Rum 38 Jahre alt, da er bereits 2022 aus dem Fass kam. Das Schwesterrelease „Vane“ hatte die Messlatte bereits sehr hoch gelegt uns sorgt bei mir für Vorfreude - vom Sins ganz zu schweigen. Dementsprechend kamen für meine Verkostung auch alle drei Distilia Long Ponds aus 1983 parallel ins Glas. Die Nase des Horses-Releases ist direkt fantastisch, satte Tropenfrüchte, schwere Karamellsüsse, das Alter ist einzig durch die bemerkenswerte Ausgewogenheit erkennbar - grossartig. Am Gaumen ist der Rum etwas knackiger unterwegs als das Ausnahmerelease für die Sins-Serie, letzteres Bottling zieht zwar entlang aller Aromen jeweils nur in Nuancen, aber dennoch eindeutig nochmals in höhere Register, da alles noch einen Ticken komplexer und dennoch vollkommen harmonisch daherkommt. Aber das ist Kritik auf höchstem Niveau - der Horses lässt die Tropenfrüchte ebenfalls toll aufspielen, der Mund wird geflutet von Ananas, Mango, Papaya, Pfirsich, Limette, dazu gesellen sich Karamell, vanilliges Eichenholz sowie leichte Würznoten. Was im Vergleich sowohl zu Sins als auch dem Schwesterrelease „Vane“ auffällt ist eine erdig-torfig anmutende Note im Abgang. Eine Aromatik, die mir schön öfter bei sehr lange gelagerten Rums aufgefallen ist. Einerseits speziell, dass ich diese Aromatik beim Vane nicht finden kann, andererseits aber ein willkommenes Alleinstellungsmerkmal für das Release, das mit seiner Qualität bestens in die Trilogie der vorzüglichen 1983er Long Ponds passt.
Review by Julien Huitel 🇫🇷
Tasted after 2 days at Whisky live Paris! A fitting end to this 2025 edition! Quite a discreet nose, needs to be opened up! A good hour at least for it to begin to reveal itself. Rather fine, elegant profile, we find the Jamaican profile with some esters, but quite discreet.
Review by Volkmar Weber
Identisches Cask wie RX12843. Am selben Tag aus dem Fass geholt, dann drei Jahre in Demijohn geparkt. Unterschied nicht messbar oder vielleicht Einbildung/Tagesform. Absolute Granate. Erste Nase - Hampden Funk. Im Mund dann aber eindeutig Long Pond, raffiniert und super komplex. Nicht zu schnell trinken, der Sauerstoff tut ihm gut. Immer neue Nuancen, eine leichte Rauchnote wie im Mezcal gibt ein herrliches Wechselspiel mit der Fruchtigkeit des Rums. Whow!
Review by Verheyden Gert
The last part of this magic cask , hold back for now , glad this is still available but for how long , last casks and then it s gone , love it . The thin fruit as pear and jasmin flower , very integreted ether , alcohol kicks in but get smashed down bij the layers of fruit and a little bitternes , it needs time to breath then its looking how the bottle gets empty 🥵
Review by linsen davy
The second part of the sister cask that is one of the best long ponds and almost last ever , from the 8 casks , so its very doubtful this ons was at whisky fair , and ratings or about this cask , if you rate the vane as 9.2 and the same cask here as 8.3 i doubt about the tasting, and sure what you taste ? Whisky influence? Very very strange , i will defend this oldest lengedary long pond , there will be one older in the future but thats it , and its fenomenal stuff , tried it more times , hope there will be more tastings of this rum , it s simply a benchmark of a forgotten taste
Review by Jérémie Peresse
Toujours un p'tit quelque chose quand on goûte un rhum plus vieux que soit. J'avoue que celui-ci m'aura marqué. Très belle finesse en bouche, mais aromatique incroyablement complexe et longue. Fruits exotiques en banane mûre et ananas, bois précieux, chocolat, épices douces et même une touche d'agrumes Ça n'en finit pas. Un grand rhum. Son seul bémol pour moi hormis le prix, l'étiquette 😅
Review by S Manders
The vane was world class , this is the second part of this cask and , strange but it needs more time to explore then the vane , but then its even better , what a intense beauty.
Review by Dyckmans Carl
The second part of the vane , not for the non trained drinker , elegant ether , thin glue , the remembering of the insane vane tasting comes back , what a long pond at his best , the afthertast keeps coming back , fruitiness and controlled alcohol level , top 5 rums for me
Review by Pavel Spacek
Lightly smoked, rounded, lightly esthers and tanins starts to be overhelming
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Details about Distilia Long Pond Jamaican Rum (Horses) 1983
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, bottled by Distilia, at 52,5%.
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4 bottles logged by 4 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
25% opened, 0 emptied and repurchased.
4 purchased · 20 tasted · 16 wishlist · as of
About the Long Pond distillery
The Long Pond distillery is located in Jamaica. Rums from Long Pond have been reviewed 6,843 times with an average of 8.5/10.
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